Redeemer [2014]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

What is there to say about "Redeemer" expect that there were a lot of things that were unexpected about this film. We didn't expect it to be dubbed; it's actually a Chilaen film. We kind of expected it to be a religious film but it definitely wasn't. We kind of expected it to have a coherent backstory conveyed to the audience at a reasonable and clear time, but it didn't. We also were hoping that it would be fun, but it wasn't.

The film is about a guy who is a former hitman for cartels, now attempting to redeem himself after accidentally killing the son of a gang boss by . . . killing gangsters. He is very religious but in the fandom kind of way; he's very obsessed with his own concept of Christianity, which apparently allows him to kill. Before every killing spree he plays a game of Russian roulette and considers the fact that God did not let him die to be a sign that his murdering is okay. He also wears a scapula at all times to get into heaven and has a portable altar he brings with him. It is acknowledged by other characters that he is crazy. Most of the movie involves him going around killing with occasional flashbacks that allow you to piece together the backstory I explained in the first sentence. Towards the end he encounters the man whose son he killed and they have a showdown. It is basically the most stakesless fight because they are both horrible people, so how are we as the audience supposed to care who wins? There's also a side story with another crime boss who is obsessed with getting a cool nickname (in the film he is dubbed into something like Portuguese or maybe just Chilaen Spanish which sounds little like Spanish elsewhere but apparently he was originally American), and this goes no where.

I have nothing else. I don't think we laughed once during this film. It's too earnest.

Spoon Rating : 1